Hi ladies
I'm 39 + 4 weeks and started to get twinging cramp like pains in my tummy last night but they haven't built up to anything. Today when I was at the shop I felt an incredible pressure in my bum like I needed a poo and when I went to the toilet when I pushed I got cramp stabbing like pains right down my bum into the back of my knees and in my groin area. The pains eventually went away even though I didn't move my bowels. It happened again about half an hour later I managed to move my bowels but wasn't much and my belly was rock solid both time! I looked on my pants and this was what was on it....can this be my mucus plug and things are finally starting??????
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Is this my mucous plug **warning, contains graphic picture - title edited by MNHQ**
48 replies
AmyAmy29 · 09/09/2016 13:23
OP posts:
AmyAmy29 ·
09/09/2016 13:46
Thought this post was Ment to support other pregnant women....not to degrade them and make them feel bad for asking for some advice considering I have no one else to ask and this is my first baby 
if I knew how to change the title I would! Thank you for the advice and opinions though! X
OP posts:
Uiscebeatha85 ·
09/09/2016 13:56
Some people are easily offended by bodily secretions it seems 
KLAXON: DISCHARGE DESCRIPTION BELOW
That just looks like regular pg discharge to me OP. My plug was like the slimy stuff you threw at a wall to stick as a kid. Or like snot, it's dry and you can peel it off your underwear. Although, if you're having more discharge could be a sign things are moving closer!
AmyGMumsnet ·
09/09/2016 14:03
Hi there
OP, we've just nipped in and edited the title to give folks a bit of a warning about the picture, hope you don't mind.
Wishing you the best of luck for the birth and beyond 
DameDiazepamTheDramaQueen ·
09/09/2016 14:07
Pretty obvious from the title it's either going to be a pic or a graphic description- why click on it ?
OP, this is Mumsnet you can swear and call each other cunts until you're blue in the face but ask a simple question about something normal on a parenting website and people complain
I hope it's your plug and you have your little baby soon
update if it is!
DropYourSword ·
09/09/2016 14:10
No, it looks like normal discharge. Mucous plugs are...mucousy! And blood streaked. It generally looks like bloody clear snot!
And to the special snowflakes posters requesting a warning - it was pretty obvious from the title that a picture was likely attached. Why open the thread if your stomach is that 'delicate'. It's not even a graphic photo fgs!
AmyAmy29 ·
09/09/2016 14:10
Thank you so very much for the support ladies! If it's not my plug it's definatley a change in my discharge which is hopefully a good sign! Hoping its soon and j have my little girl in my arms before long!! Good luck for your upcoming birth too! 
OP posts:
FloatyFlo ·
09/09/2016 14:12
Jesus. I love how you are all totally ignoring the fact that I did give advice to the OP and actually answered the question, and instead fixation on the point I'd suggested photos like that could do with a warning. Which it now has. As MNHQ obviously agree.
Only on MN....
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